1975 C160 Automatic Restoration

[kpinnc 12,068]

15 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

We were discussing what the options could have been and Terry says, Ya know? I've never seen one that was red with all black decals....

 

Eb those decals look really sharp! That resto has really come together! Very nice! 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

ITS ALIIIIIVE !!!! 

 

 

 

 

[Brockport Bill 1,664]

great color combo --- well done !!!

[WHX?? 48,823]

17 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

ITS ALIIIIIVE !!!! 

And in only 15 pages... gotta be a new record for you...

Get it out in the woods on a nice sunny day for some calendar shots. 

Your right tho... threw this muff on just for the halibut and nice tone. Reminds me of a Cub stack. Yours is a bit louder but you got twice the quish bang goin on. 

Edited February 19, 2023 by WHX??
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[ebinmaine 67,553]

We got the rest of wiring harness put in. 

Went to start the beast and the old starter solenoid 💩. 

 

Ok fine. 

 

I pulled a nice new Cole Hersee solenoid off the parts shelf and we put that in.  

 

Dragged her outside and voila!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a teaser of the oversized excellent hood ornament made by @Wheel Horse 3D Grey and painted by my own VERY special Paint Department.  

 

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,594]

[WHX?? 48,823]

Don't much care for the hood ornament tho ... red head reminds me of a pycho killer I dated once... now if it was blonde...  

[ebinmaine 67,553]

This evening we took a look at options for white lighting.  

 

I'll have a 17 watt 6-in-a-row oblong  LED light out back. 

 

The front headlamp hole will be creatively filled with a newer style Wheelhorse lense with flat LEDs behind it in a sandwich. 

 

Because I want lamps facing off to the side angle at the front I've put these 4" diameter LEDs on a pair of magnetic mounts.  

 

 

The mounts are maybe 3" diameter and have a ring of neodymium magnets embedded in rubber.  

 

These are the same lamps I've had on my first Wheelhorse. A B80. Also the attempt at a 1267/8 speed. 

 

Last year and the year before I just used a people mounted headlamp. It'll be great to have a full set of lights again.  

 

 

Other lighting will include two LED magnetic mount flashers, the rear tail lamp with LEDs, and a few other little add-ons of LED lights.  🤠

 

 

 

[TractorEd 633]

So awesome she's running again!  Looks great, too! 

 

[Oldskool 6,644]

Looking good. 

[Pullstart 62,905]

Looks and sounds great Y’all!

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

Sounds healthy!

  Congrats on getting to the end 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

19 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Sounds healthy!

  Congrats on getting to the end 

Thanks Mike!

 

Some wiring for the lights to finish up and then get the plow on and this one will be all set for now...

 

Trina's already started her next tractor project......... 

[Oldskool 6,644]

11 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Trina's already started her next tractor project......... 

Does she ever take a break? Holy cow!!!

[ebinmaine 67,553]

7 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Does she ever take a break? Holy cow!!!

Nope. No sir. Not ever. None. 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,594]

12 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Trina's already started her next tractor project......... 

 

The suspense is colossal... 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

12 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

The suspense is colossal... 

Man! That's looooooooong.   

[Lee1977 6,663]

On 2/19/2023 at 9:07 PM, WHX?? said:

Don't much care for the hood ornament tho ... red head reminds me of a pycho killer I dated once... now if it was blonde...  

I have a friend that says all red heads are crazy. That thing will buck you off then turn around a stomp you.

[953 nut 55,281]

On 2/22/2023 at 6:48 AM, ebinmaine said:

Trina's already started her next tractor project...

OK, we know Trina has a project she will be working on,   how about you?    Time to roll out COLOSSUS isn't it?

[ebinmaine 67,553]

24 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

OK, we know Trina has a project she will be working on,   how about you?    Time to roll out COLOSSUS isn't it?

Nope. Not yet. 

Much as I'd love to see the Colossus Beast in use... 

 

That's a few down the line at this point. 

 

Trina's Millie 856. Engine and transmission swap.  

 

My next will likely be getting one of my 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh engine tractors up n going. 

 

The truck will be gettin' some attention when the weather warms a little.  

 

Mackissic chipper shredder needs work. 

 

After that.... Or mixed in...?

MAYBE I'll get back to the Big Wheel Horse.  

[Lee1977 6,663]

He will be work hard on Trina's project if he knows what's good for him.

Edited February 23, 2023 by Lee1977

[ebinmaine 67,553]

I've been given/collecting/acquired a fair assortment of electrical supplies and terminals over the years. 

Looking at the wiring on this Automatic Restoration and the several other projects we have coming up I decided this morning I'd take a few hours and reorganize the storage. 

 

In between doing that I gave Trina a hand on occasion with the things she worked on. 

 

The headlamp lense is a later type replacement that's cracked already so I didn't feel to bad about experimenting with an idea for bulbs I tripped over here on Redsquare... Modified a little... 

 

We found a food storage container lid around that had flat plastic spaces. Cut that to a size a tad bigger than the frame of 3D printed material we used for the holder. 

Glued and riveted them together and stuck the LED "sheet lights" to the flat plastic. 

We then riveted those two pieces and the Wheelhorse headlamp lense to the hood. 

 

 

After that Trina put another coat of Red on the hood ornament made special for me by @Wheel Horse 3D. 

We talked over position and she drilled the holes for it.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

That hood ornament is 1.35 times the standard size. 

Fits the theme of the build perfectly. 

 

 

 

The hydro lift valve lever was VERY loose and sloppy. 

It had also been bent inward at some point over the years. 

I put the lever in the big bench vise and used a large open end wrench to bend it out to a more 🐻 usable position. 

 

I drilled the handle to 5/16" and used a Dremel to expand the piston hole to the same. 

 A 5/16" clevis pin replaces the 1/4"  push-in pin. 

 

 

 

Now that's in place Trina finished up HAND carving the notch in the handle she made me.  

She started the longer groove with a chainsaw. 

The larger hole that holds the lever head was done with a drill. 

She widened the long groove with a drill and finished up the whole /hole thing with a survival knife. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ran a machine screw through the lever and handle and tightened them up.  

 

 

 

 

Positioning is perfect!

 

My knee sets just to the outsides of where the motion control lever and hydro lift lever are. 

 

 

 

The other day I had started a battle with the hairpin that held the plow sector and rod together. 

Didn't have time to finish up so Trina attacked that today. 

Improper installation by a PO along with time and rust had proven that pin to be a worthy adversary.  

After much thought, lots of colorful sentence enhancement verbiage, and some shear muscle.. she won. 

 

 

The rod will be replaced by a unit I've been working on using heim joints and solidly bolting it in place. 

 

[kpinnc 12,068]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

The headlamp lense is a later type replacement that's cracked already so I didn't feel to bad about experimenting with an idea for bulbs I tripped over here on Redsquare... Modified a little... 

 

With all those LEDs, you can play baseball with the headlights! 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

4 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

With all those LEDs, you can play baseball with the headlights! 

Hahahahahaha....

@OldWorkHorse made an interesting comment on the lights yesterday as well. 

 

So here's my actual logic on the front set-up. 

The hood side lights are the ones I'll be using pretty much all the time.  They'll angle outward and a little down to catch a glow at the far corners of the Big 60" plow.  

The middle lights in the hood will certainly help shine the center of my driving direction but I really only wanted them so I could fill the hole in the hood.  And.... They're lights. 

😄

 

BTW I'm not done with lights yet....

 

[RandyLittrell 3,884]

Man, that really looks great and I'm sure will work even better!!!

 

 

 

Randy